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This Saturday concluded the X Congress of the Union of Cuban Journalists. In the debate, Ariel Terrero, president of the International Institute of Journalism José Martí, said: independent media will not be accepted on the island.
"Radio, television, print and other media, as well as technological platforms used by them, are state or social goods, according to the regulations that are established, and can not in any way case be subject to private property, "he said
Terrero said that" for historical and political reasons our press pattern will not come to the image and likeness of any other, but of our own conceptions and needs, and in accordance with the dynamics of a socialism also in renewal that has never turned a blind eye to international experience. "
However, the government journalist Joel Suárez said that to carry out the work that the UPEC proposes, they need a salary increase.
"The umbrella that houses to improve our work and our money income does not seem to open in the short term, while in the medium term, what still today does not translate in real time: 2,3 or 4 years, "he said,
" And there can be no divorce the transcendence of the approval of this Policy with the journalist we represent to these sessions and that when he gets to our media he will ask us at close range: and what did they say about the salary ?, although that sounds like a rhetorical and almost inexplicable question of the foundation that he does not know. There will be no solution at the moment until the arrival of the overall wage reform of the country. "
Recently, Cuba approved a new communication policy. The goal is to provide the state media with a greater ability to "report news as their colleagues in other countries."
During the convention, pro-government party leaders complained about censorship and self-censorship. They said that they should improve their way of approaching stories and achieve greater immediacy so that people prefer their content.
They also announced new facilities for the media, although they said that most of it would continue to be funded by the state. "The media will be mainly funded by the state budget, in the approved cases, the revenues from the sale of services and advertising space will also be taken into account, as well as the marketing in and out of outside the country of their communicative and heritage production. "
He added that the media could take charge of" budgeted and budgeted management plans with special or commercial treatment ", according to their needs and needs.
the management, production and marketing of mbad media content to be supplemented by productions, insurance and contracting services with non-state forms of management, "he concluded.
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